Siraj-ul-Absar (English) - Khalifatullah Mehdi (AHS)

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Deciding the Purport of Allah without Corroborating
Argument
And the answer to the Sheikh’s fourth kind of exegesis—saying that “the purport of
Allah Most High is like this, without any corroborating argument”—is that we do
not issue any command in this manner. On the other hand, the zath-e-muqaddas [the
holy person] whom we accept as the Mahdi Al-Mau'ood AS has said that certain
Quranic Verses are in his favour or in favour of his group [that is, Mahdavis]. This is
among his distinctive features because, as his knowledge about he being the Mahdi
Al-Mau'ood AS is categorical and absolute, so also his knowledge that some of the
Quranic Verses are in his favour or in favour of his group too is categorical and
absolute. When we have performed the tasdiq [affirmation and confirmation] that he
is Mahdi Al-Mau'ood AS on the basis of the very proofs, which makes the tasdiq of the
Prophets AS , compulsory [and we will go into the details, Allah willing, of this
presently], then what proof is more authentic and reliable than the word of Mahdi AS ?
Interpreting with Leniency and as per One’s Desires
However, the reply to fifth kind of exegesis, according to the Sheikh [Muttaqi]—that
is, “doing the tafsir on the basis of the matters interpreted with leniency and one’s
carnal desires”—is that we do not do any tafsir in this manner. On the other hand,
this issue is one of the issues that have already been dealt. It is not correct to
enumerate here as another issue.
O my brother! I have stayed in the company of the Companions RZ of Mahdi AS and
have heard their bayan [explanation of Quran]. Hence, I have seen many of the
listeners crying and weeping on hearing the bayan. 40 Many of them were lamenting
with their heads bowed down in humility and fear of God! There were many whose
faces were changing colour! And many who had fallen unconscious! And many who
were shivering! And many who were so impressed by the bayan that their body hair
used to stand up while the birds of their thought flew in the gardens of the meanings
and secrets of the Holy Quran! They found the gardens full of their cherished fruits.
No tree in these gardens was cut. There was no let or hindrance. Whenever the
horses of their thought were let loose in the fields of the treasures of the meaning of
the Holy Quran, they found the fields free, open and unconcealed. O my brother!
After having seen this open and obvious matter, who would demand oratorical
eloquence from them?
40 The author has described the glory of the bayan of Quran by the Companions RZ of Hazrat Imam Mahdi Al-
Mau'ood AS . This shows the exaltation of the bayan, full of the intimate knowledge of God, of the noorani
zath [the luminous essence] of the Companions RZ of Hazrat Imam Mahdi Al-Mau'ood AS . They were so close
to God. Their nearness to God and the depth of their bayan are the result of their tasdiq of Hazrat Imam
Mahdi Al-Mau'ood AS . It appears that the author [Hazrat Bandagi Abdul Malik Sujawandi RA , ‘Alim Billah]
has seen this rare incident with great solemnity. Hence, he has addressed the critic as Ya Akhi [O Brother!].